Friday, 1 April 2011

My firstattemptatlightpainting.This isquite adifficulttechnique, but i am relativelyhappywith my firstattempt. But still need a lot of practice. Just need a carwith a littlemoregracefullines,so it'smorefunto experiment :-)Thisimage has an exposuretimeof10seconds,ISO200,ApertureF14.The light painting was done with a1.5-foot,14Wfluorescent lamp(withastray lightprotectionmade ​​fromacerealboxandblackducttape) whichimovedat a steadymovementfrom theback to the front of the car.Whatneedsimprovement here is the reflectionsin the upperpartofwindowthat isnoteven, andIwould have likeda bitoflighton thewheels(butonlyslightly). mightjust as wellbe like this,sinceIhavewinterwheelsandugly hubcaps on:-)Found out that i needawirelessremotetriggerfor the camera,asthiswasquitecumbersometofirsttrigger thecamera,andthen runand"arrange"withthe lighting:-)

There areonlya smallamount ofphotoshopworkdoneonthe imagehere.A gradient tool in Lightroom (At the topand bottomofthe picture). Removed the light spill in photoshop. A cooling filter to get a more blue tint. Thats it.......